Saturday's Sound Off

Itís fine to complain about school taxes being too high, however, the people stating that renters donít pay any tax is just ridiculous. The taxes that the landlord pays on the property is in the rent he charges to his renters. Someone finally got it right the other day in Sound Off. Thatís why rent is so high. If his tax goes up, he raises the rent. The renters are paying the tax through the landlord.

All you hot dog eaters, I guess you know that everybody else was eating lobster tail and grilled bison on Inaugural Day while you are eating hot dogs and hamburgers and can hardly afford either one.

Congratulations to Father Marty at St. Columbkillís Church for paying off the Diocesan debt of $100,000. That was no little feat. Itís sincerely appreciated.

A PARISHIONER

Where is the office for the new state representative for the Pottstown area, Mr. Painter is it? Is the office opened already? Is he already working on changing school taxes in Pennsylvania?

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We should hope that President Obama proposes a restriction on the sale of new homes much like his proposed restriction on the sale of tactical weapons. If we had a rush on new home building comparable to the rush to buy arms and ammunition, our economy would bounce back overnight.

JIM FITCH

I recently had a floor product installed by Rich Ranieri. They were professional, attentive to my concerns, provided excellent customer service and Mr. Ranieri visited my home personally to insure proper installation. The area must continue to support these mom and pop businesses owned by our friends and neighbors. Please support our local businesses. They help to keep our community strong and keep our main street from becoming a line of empty store fronts.

VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMER

To the person saying that Abe Lincoln would be so disgruntled with the Republican Party today and that the majority of the people are on the liberal side on issues such as womenís rights, what are womenís rights? Iím a woman. I donít think our rights are any different than menís. We donít deserve free birth control. If you canít pay for it, keep your legs closed.

Reminder, Social Security and Medicare is not adding to the debt. What is adding to the debt is all the jobs that went overseas. The companies sold America out to the other countries for cheaper goods. Now theyíre getting what they deserved. Theyíre getting cheaper goods and theyíre not lasting long. The companies have to bring the jobs back to get the U.S. rolling. Once they do that the debt will be handled the way it should be.

Seniors having difficulty with property taxes should call Representative Tim Hennessey at 717-787-3431. Not only is he the chairman of the House Committee on Aging and Older Adult Services, he also voted for the pension hikes that are forcing seniors from their homes.

Does anyone know where I can buy a good old cast iron frying pan? I used to have one years ago but I donít know what happened to it.

Well the Inaugural went on hobnobbing with Hollywood people. I donít know if anyone is aware of it but when the president was in Hawaii and he had to come back to Washington, it cost $6.2 million to do that and he did it four times. Just want to let you know that things arenít changing.

So Gov. Corbettís outsourcing the lottery jobs. This has been continuously going on for three decades in this state - outsourcing all our good paying jobs for hard working people. I think itís time we outsourced both the Democrat and Republican parties and put a third party in Harrisburg from the top to the bottom.

This is for the Proud Independent. Listen, wise up. All presidents including living past presidents are entitled to Secret Service protection meaning armed guards. President Obama is not an elitist. His family is getting the protection he has earned.

A PROUD DEMOCRAT

I have a free hospital bed that is in good working condition. Call me at 610-385-0955.

After the recent inaugural talks from Obama, I guess JFK would be rolling over in his grave. He once said, ďAsk not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.Ē It has now been turned around to say ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you. We have more handouts than you can shake a stick at and all you have to do is ask. You donít even have to be legal because the definition has been changed.

Why is it when people are killed by guns, we blame the guns but when people are killed by drunk drivers, we donít blame the alcohol?